America's Fertility Rate Plunges (1/8/14)Plenty of sex around but fewer babies in stable families. From FITSNews: "At a time when the federal government desperately needs future taxpayers, American mothers are cranking out far fewer of them. According to data released last week by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), America's fertility rate has hit a record low for the second straight year - having declined for the fifth straight year...
"[T]he U.S. fertility rate in 2012 was 63 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-44 - down from 2011's record-low rate of 63.2. In 2007, the rate stood at 69.3 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-44 - still well below its peak rate of 122.7 in 1957.
"For those of you keeping score at home, 3,952,841 babies were born in the United States. Of those, 1,609,619 (or 40.7 percent) were born to unmarried mothers. By contrast, in 1980 only 18.4 percent of babies were born out of wedlock."

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